1967 UK oil spill: “43 years on, gloopy black oil from the spill was still daily killing wildlife” — “A warning of the possible long-term implications of the BP disaster”

In 1967 the Torrey Canyon ran aground between Land’s End and the Isles of Scilly, spilling every drop of its cargo of 119,328 tonnes of crude oil. …

Extraordinarily, earlier this year, 43 years on, gloopy black oil from the spill was still daily killing wildlife – a warning of the possible long-term implications of the BP disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.